(19)
(11) EP 2 374 416 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
15.10.2014 Bulletin 2014/42

(43) Date of publication A2:
12.10.2011 Bulletin 2011/41

(21) Application number: 11250290.1

(22) Date of filing: 11.03.2011
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61B 17/04(2006.01)
A61B 17/00(2006.01)
A61B 17/29(2006.01)
 A61B 17/062(2006.01)
A61B 17/06(2006.01)
A61L 17/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 12.03.2010 US 722860

(71) Applicant: Covidien LP
Mansfield, MA 02048 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Bogart, Michael
    Milford, CT 06460 (US)
  • Krehel, Gregg
    Newtown, CT 06470 (US)
  • Fishbein, Christopher
    Wolcott, CT 06716 (US)
  • Pribanic, Russell
    Roxbury CT 06783 (US)
  • Kirsch, David
    Madison, CT 06443 (US)
  • Horton, Kenneth W., Jr.
    South Glastonbury, CT 06073 (US)
  • Kosa, Timothy D.
    Hamden, CT 06514 (US)
  • Maiorino, Nicholas
    Branford, CT 06405 (US)
  • Buchter, Mark S.
    Ansonia, CT 06401 (US)
  • Hadba, Ahmad Robert
    Middlefield, CT 06455 (US)
  • Hodgkinson, Gerald
    Guilford, CT 06437 (US)
  • Bowns, William R.
    Ansonia, CT 06401 (US)

(74) Representative: Soames, Candida Jane et al
Maschio & Soames IP Limited 20 Carlton Crescent
Southampton, SO15 2ET
Southampton, SO15 2ET (GB)

   


(54) Deployment system for surgical suture


(57) A suture deployment system is disclosed including a surgical needle having a flexible suture fixedly attached thereto and a target suture releasably secured to the flexible suture. Either the flexible suture or the target suture may be made of a shape memory polymer. A collar is positioned between the flexible suture and the target suture and is fixedly secured to the flexible suture. The target suture is releasably secured to the collar is such that the target suture may detach from the collar once a surgical procedure has been completed. The surgical needle is a double pointed surgical needle specifically configured to be manipulated by a surgical suturing apparatus.







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